Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
Un podcast de B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends

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120 Épisodes
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A Haunted Christmas: Ghost Stories from Around the World – World History
Publié: 25/12/2016 -
Hypnotism: Dangers and Advantages in 1888 – PDT3K – French History
Publié: 18/12/2016 -
Hysteria II: The Women of Dr. Charcot’s Hospital – French History
Publié: 11/12/2016 -
Hysteria I: Women and Technology in Belle Époque France – French History
Publié: 04/12/2016 -
Bicycle Face: A Lady Cyclist Medical Scare in the 1890s – Women’s History
Publié: 27/11/2016 -
Miraculous Susan: A Thanksgiving Story from 1893 – PDT3K – American History
Publié: 20/11/2016 -
The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum) – PDT3K – Women’s History
Publié: 13/11/2016 -
Anti-Witches II: Inquisition Trials and Eastern European Lore – Italian History
Publié: 06/11/2016 -
Anti-Witches I: The Benandanti and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Publié: 30/10/2016 -
Halloween in Ireland in 1886 – PDT3K – Irish History
Publié: 23/10/2016 -
Still Arguing Against Miasma in 1901 – PDT3K – American History
Publié: 16/10/2016 -
Miasma II: Court Cases from a Plague Year – Italian History
Publié: 09/10/2016 -
Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Publié: 02/10/2016 -
“Savage” Man: Imagining Prehistory in 1873 – PDT3K – Modern History
Publié: 25/09/2016 -
Ginormous Stone Circles II: Making Sense of Stonehenge – British History
Publié: 18/09/2016 -
Ginormous Stone Circles I: Stonehenge Builders of Neolithic Britain – British History
Publié: 11/09/2016 -
Presenting Indian Asceticism to English-speakers in 1924 – PDT3K – Indian History
Publié: 06/09/2016 -
Reanimated Corpses II: Ajivika Story Time – Indian History
Publié: 06/09/2016 -
Reanimated Corpses I: The Ajivika of Ancient India – Indian History
Publié: 06/09/2016 -
Episode 00 WTF Is This Podcast About
Publié: 27/08/2016
We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.